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and locals second guess their decisions to stare down irene. my brother and i decided we must have done something wrong and she has come back for revenge. >> reporter: back now live. check this out. buoys and lifeguards out there. and the swell out here is spectacular. waist high. super glassy. lifeguards are running them off. if there weren't hurricanes coming i would love to jump? myself. back to you. >> looks pretty. going to get a lot worse. thank you. >>> sandbags moving like hot tonight. this is was the scene in annapolis. also being held out in d.c. and alexandria. we are getting reports of long lines for this one for propane tanks, flashlight, emergency supplies. look at that. in fairfax county the urban search and rescue team is packing up to help if they are needed once irene makes landfall. peggy fox is live in alexandria with more on preparations there. they are used to worrying about flooding, aren't they, peggy. >> reporter: people can't get enough of these sandbags. alexandria going through two separate give aways. people just wa
and locals second guess their decisions to stare down irene. my brother and i decided we must have done something wrong and she has come back for revenge. >> reporter: back now live. check this out. buoys and lifeguards out there. and the swell out here is spectacular. waist high. super glassy. lifeguards are running them off. if there weren't hurricanes coming i would love to jump? myself. back to you. >> looks pretty. going to get a lot worse. thank you. >>> sandbags...
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now irene. here is a vehicle coming town the street. irene. they are saying the windows winds 40 to 60 miles an hour. pretty confident they can with stand this. had been some beach erosion. perhaps some property damage. they tonight think it will be a lot. everybody is boarded up down here f they don't have the plywood in front of the businesses they are got the windows taped. i'm assured that does keep the glass from spattering once the wind starts moving it back and forth. high tide about 7:20. irene will come in some hours after that. that's actually good news. because as the storm comes together the storm surge will be incredible. perhaps right here. will cause flooding but not sure if it will get inside these businesses. we just don't know. we will have to wait and see and we had been standing by right here to report to you. i talked to the commissioner. mr. mills. talked to him on the phone. he has been in office for four years. he is going to join us a bit later to talk about preparations tonight and what we can expect. he is trying to
now irene. here is a vehicle coming town the street. irene. they are saying the windows winds 40 to 60 miles an hour. pretty confident they can with stand this. had been some beach erosion. perhaps some property damage. they tonight think it will be a lot. everybody is boarded up down here f they don't have the plywood in front of the businesses they are got the windows taped. i'm assured that does keep the glass from spattering once the wind starts moving it back and forth. high tide about...
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. >>> lots of progress to tell you about tonight after hurricane irene. glenarden woods elementary school will be open on time tomorrow. in the district, crews have collected more than 250 million tons of debris. in virginia, all the emergency shelters are closed but now the health department is worried that all the water left standing around will become the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. >>> one more piece of good news. power outages, pepco and dominion tell us just about everybody is back up and running in the greater washington area. but bge still has about 28,000 outages in our area. the company hopes to have everybody back up and running by tomorrow night. >>> the constellation energy power company is bringing back online that nuclear reactor at calvert cliffs that shut down during hurricane irene. the reactor automatically powered down. the constellation found no damage and the representatives from the federal nuclear regulatory commission have been on the site monitoring the situation. >>> now to the north anna power station in virginia.
. >>> lots of progress to tell you about tonight after hurricane irene. glenarden woods elementary school will be open on time tomorrow. in the district, crews have collected more than 250 million tons of debris. in virginia, all the emergency shelters are closed but now the health department is worried that all the water left standing around will become the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. >>> one more piece of good news. power outages, pepco and dominion tell us just...
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we're going to take you to some of the worse damage from irene. anny. >>> and lesli, clouds, a couple showers out to the west. a live look at doppler 9,000hd. what about this labor day weekend? >> first, now that the space shuttle program is over, a failed rocket launch could have a major impact on the international space station. we're going to explain coming up next. >>> the international space station may have to be abandoned for a while. nasa says it's because of last week's russian launch accident. a space station supply ship was destroyed. nasa says if russians use rockets remain grounded, there will not be a way to send them to the station before the current crew is supposed to leave. >>> you may have heard of raining cats and dogs, but what about raining cash? that's what happened in the netherlands this morning after a bank transport truck lost cash. we hear that bag split and sent money fluttering out and drivers scrambled to scoop up the cash. police tweeted out, it briefly rained bank bills. >>> still ahead, the buzz of chain saws ring
we're going to take you to some of the worse damage from irene. anny. >>> and lesli, clouds, a couple showers out to the west. a live look at doppler 9,000hd. what about this labor day weekend? >> first, now that the space shuttle program is over, a failed rocket launch could have a major impact on the international space station. we're going to explain coming up next. >>> the international space station may have to be abandoned for a while. nasa says it's because of...
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of course, we'll have more on irene as well. and so anita, could it get any crazier, i'll send it back to you. >>> closer to home, maryland and virginia governors have both already declared states of emergency ahead of hurricane irene. and today pepco crews were out trimming trees to try to minimize any power outages when the hurricane does arrive. and amtrak has already canceled some trains running south of dc between tomorrow and sunday. and all airlines are issuing travel waivers so you can change your tickets and you won't get hit by a penalty. bruce leshan begins our tame coverage with a look -- team coverage with a look at what you can do to get ready. >> reporter: one of the first things you'll want to do if you are physically and mentally up to the challenges is to clear out your gutters. water flowing down the side of your house into the foundation, that could be a real disaster. and now for your lawn furniture, you'll want to just pick this up here, get it off the porch, get it into the garage or secure it some place w
of course, we'll have more on irene as well. and so anita, could it get any crazier, i'll send it back to you. >>> closer to home, maryland and virginia governors have both already declared states of emergency ahead of hurricane irene. and today pepco crews were out trimming trees to try to minimize any power outages when the hurricane does arrive. and amtrak has already canceled some trains running south of dc between tomorrow and sunday. and all airlines are issuing travel waivers so...
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igor in 10, and irene last year in 11. i'm going to post this on my blog in just a bit at wusa9.com. okay, here is isaac now. it's a tropical storm. we have hurricane warnings in effect from martin, we have tropical storm warnings in effect and tropical storm watches all the way to puerto rico. national hurricane center is taking this south of puerto rico and curving it back up into cuba. it goes after that, it could go to continue that path up toward key west or south florida. we'll keep you posted. good time to down load our hurricane tracker. all right, live tracker 9,000. you have to kind of go in a little bit. i mean way in to see this storm. it was pretty hefty downtown and pushing away from the mall and head out 50 and headed out to the north and east. but there's still a fair amount of red, which indicates rain of an inch or so an hour. we'll show you where it's going to go. essentially across fedex and out 50 and out toward prince georges county. but it will weaken as it agains to move. so that's good. right now,
igor in 10, and irene last year in 11. i'm going to post this on my blog in just a bit at wusa9.com. okay, here is isaac now. it's a tropical storm. we have hurricane warnings in effect from martin, we have tropical storm warnings in effect and tropical storm watches all the way to puerto rico. national hurricane center is taking this south of puerto rico and curving it back up into cuba. it goes after that, it could go to continue that path up toward key west or south florida. we'll keep you...
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this is nothing like irene. it was a tropical storm, warm and it was just water. we may get the wind here. we may get some property damage and people here are bracing for some power outages. so that's about it for now. we're fortunate. for irene we actually had a tornado, haven't had anything like that in terms of property damage. lots of flooding that we've shown you. you showed the viewers footage from dewey beach, lots of that type flooding throughout the area because of all the water in coastal delaware, over 50,000 people ordered out, evacuations. it's a lot more than that now because a lot of people have left on their own. >> we'd like to see bruce a bit closer in. >> someone was giving him grief for being in a shelter earlier. we won't do that ever again. we also saw pictures out of atlantic city where the storm actually went ashore. you have entire sections of the boardwalk atlantic city washed out to the ocean, haven't seen anything like that. >> it's a powerful storm. we always tell crews in the field on days like this safety is their top priority. here'
this is nothing like irene. it was a tropical storm, warm and it was just water. we may get the wind here. we may get some property damage and people here are bracing for some power outages. so that's about it for now. we're fortunate. for irene we actually had a tornado, haven't had anything like that in terms of property damage. lots of flooding that we've shown you. you showed the viewers footage from dewey beach, lots of that type flooding throughout the area because of all the water in...
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turning now to the cleanup after hurricane irene. tonight big strides on the power outage front. dominion says all its customers in the metro area have their power back only. pepco still has 656 outages. bg&e hoping to have their customers all back up by friday. elementary school. 6:30 a.m. all st. mary's county schools will be back open on time. great news there. and the district is opening up the fort tawton transfers station. that station will be open 1 through 5 on friday and 8 to 3 on saturday. >> i may not have enough money to rebuild but we do have money to continue the responses to support... >>> money is becoming a question in the wake of a wild weather year. the federal emergency management agency says it has just $800 million left in its disaster relief fund and it still has commitments from may's deadly tornado in joplin, missouri. fema's administrator says it won't keep victims of irene from getting the help they need. >> we do have money to continue to response to support individual assistance right now. >> eric cantor brought the entire fema budget to the forefront
turning now to the cleanup after hurricane irene. tonight big strides on the power outage front. dominion says all its customers in the metro area have their power back only. pepco still has 656 outages. bg&e hoping to have their customers all back up by friday. elementary school. 6:30 a.m. all st. mary's county schools will be back open on time. great news there. and the district is opening up the fort tawton transfers station. that station will be open 1 through 5 on friday and 8 to 3 on...
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. >>> hurricane irene battering the caribbean. we will check in with topper on whatever impact it will have on our area. things changing pretty fast in libya. the latest developments coming up next. i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] join us at the walter e. washington convention center on august 26th for a live roundtable discussion inspired by the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. >>> journalists freed in libya. releasing photographers today after libyan rebels closed in and cut off supplies. one man grabbed his gun started crying realizing the rebels were in control pretty much. >>> the man accused of killing a law school graduate from laurel, maryland, facing counts of sexual exploits of children. his attorney saying the charges have nothing to do with the murder case. mcdaniel was charged with the murder of lauren gillings. >>> stil
. >>> hurricane irene battering the caribbean. we will check in with topper on whatever impact it will have on our area. things changing pretty fast in libya. the latest developments coming up next. i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] join us at the walter e. washington convention center on...
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now, irene is trying to form. when you have a storm like this, the highest winds are always on the northeast quadrant of the storm, becoming very important as you go throughout the track in a couple minutes. we will zoom in a little bit. a tremendous amount of rain and showers that are across the dominican. but again, the highest winds are still remaining just offshore, which is great. and despite that, they still have hurricane warnings in effect for the north coast of the area and most of the southern bahamas. winds are 80 miles per hour, gusting to 100. we will put this into motion for you. and once it goes through the bahamas, it will rape the bahamas and just sort of be in that category two, high-end category two until it becomes a category three. they will get hit with the winds at 110 as you get into wednesday afternoon. this is the forecast for you. most of the miles have been in pretty good agreement with this track. then you will notice this track, it is now running parallel to the florida coast. that me
now, irene is trying to form. when you have a storm like this, the highest winds are always on the northeast quadrant of the storm, becoming very important as you go throughout the track in a couple minutes. we will zoom in a little bit. a tremendous amount of rain and showers that are across the dominican. but again, the highest winds are still remaining just offshore, which is great. and despite that, they still have hurricane warnings in effect for the north coast of the area and most of the...
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. >>> today marks four days after hurricane irene and tonight, less than 1,000 customers in our viewing area are waiting for their power to come back on. most of them are bge customers and the company says it plans to have everyone up and running by tonight. in virginia, the department of forestry says it has cleared 2800 trees that fell during the storm. and the maryland department of natural resources is warning you if you go out on the water this weekend, keep an eye out for debris. >> people along the gulf coast are keeping an eye out for a very wet weekend. tropical storm lee is headed for louisiana. mississippi and alabama bringing powerful winds and huge amounts of rain. residents are filling sandbags along the louisiana coast. nonetheless, flooding is expected in low lying areas. engineers are closely watching the levees that protect new orleans. >> we are going back and making sure that any concerns that we have anywhere with the levees are taken care of. we are closing some of the gaps. >> at this point, no agency has ordered any evacuations along the coast. >>> and let's chec
. >>> today marks four days after hurricane irene and tonight, less than 1,000 customers in our viewing area are waiting for their power to come back on. most of them are bge customers and the company says it plans to have everyone up and running by tonight. in virginia, the department of forestry says it has cleared 2800 trees that fell during the storm. and the maryland department of natural resources is warning you if you go out on the water this weekend, keep an eye out for debris....
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hurricane irene last year killed 49 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. the meteorological organization retires any name linked to a storm that causes extensive damage and death. the name irene will be replaced with irma. >>> the federal for the says an oil sheen off the louisiana coast might be nothing more than natural seepage of oil and gas from the floor off the gulf of mexico. the bureau of safety, environmental enforcement says the sheen is near an area where seepage has happened before. it was spotted wednesday and measures 10 miles long and 1 mile wide. the coastguard says it's much smaller now and is breaking up about 130 miles southeast of new orleans. >>> thousands of people are expected to get a little dirty to help clean up the potomac river tomorrow. the 24th annual watershed clean- up includes more than 300 different sites in d.c., maryland, virginia, pennsylvania and west virginia and it's all coordinated by maryland's also ferguson foundation. that foundation says last year's clean-up netted more than 450,000 pounds of trash. that is roug
hurricane irene last year killed 49 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. the meteorological organization retires any name linked to a storm that causes extensive damage and death. the name irene will be replaced with irma. >>> the federal for the says an oil sheen off the louisiana coast might be nothing more than natural seepage of oil and gas from the floor off the gulf of mexico. the bureau of safety, environmental enforcement says the sheen is near an area where seepage...
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we're live in northwest d.c., anny hong, back to you. >> the white house estimates hurricane irene will cost the federal government $100 million. that comes on top of $5.2 billion need for other recent disasters, including the monster tornadoes that destroyed much of joplin, missouri. >>> leon pinetta attended the park and museum in new york city today. it sits where the twin towers once stood. he also planned to visit a memorial being built in shanksville, pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes went down. but bad weather forced him to cancel that part of the trip. the oh obama administration kicked off a series of events of 9/11. >>> there is no question the world changed on september 11, 2001, and now as we look back on that terrible day a decade ago, among those who remember it most vividly are the fire and rescue personnel who jumped in to help and tended to the wounded. andrea mckaren spoke to some on the scene. >> it made me more aware of things that can happen. >> arlington county fire captain, george williams, was three blocks from the pentagon the morning of september 1
we're live in northwest d.c., anny hong, back to you. >> the white house estimates hurricane irene will cost the federal government $100 million. that comes on top of $5.2 billion need for other recent disasters, including the monster tornadoes that destroyed much of joplin, missouri. >>> leon pinetta attended the park and museum in new york city today. it sits where the twin towers once stood. he also planned to visit a memorial being built in shanksville, pennsylvania, where...
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updated on wusa9.com. 90% of the power lost in maryland during irene is back on tonight. the majority of the outages are with bge and some of you are asking us on facebook why your power came back on and then went back out again. >> even though the storm passed, there are weakened trees that may fall down on to power lines that haven't fallen from that immediate storm. that can happen up todays and weeks after the storm has passed, especially when you had intense winds and such intense rain that we experienced from hurricane irene. >> they had 1,000 out of state contract crews helping since wednesday. 300 more came in from alabama today. maryland governor martin o'malley spent his day, he started the day at the head quarters. st. mary's county schools will be closed again tomorrow. governor o'malley tweeted that the recurring theme he saw was people continuing neighbors in need. we asked our lindsey mastis to keep our eye on the impact. lindsey, what's the view? >> sadly, people are still stranded by the flood waters. >> the water is high, but it's going to get worse. the
updated on wusa9.com. 90% of the power lost in maryland during irene is back on tonight. the majority of the outages are with bge and some of you are asking us on facebook why your power came back on and then went back out again. >> even though the storm passed, there are weakened trees that may fall down on to power lines that haven't fallen from that immediate storm. that can happen up todays and weeks after the storm has passed, especially when you had intense winds and such intense...
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now where some federal help for folks hit by hurricane irene is on the way. president obama has signed a disaster declaration that will funnel federal dollars to the district and other local governments. money to help businesses and homeowners repair or replace what irene carried away or tore down during last month's storm. >>> the 207 to bottom inspection of our washington monument. a team of two men and two women were back at it again today using ropes and harnesses outside of the landmark. out on the walls just searching around for the earthquake damage. kristin fisher has more in this live report. >> reporter: they are still up there and you no today is the first full day that all four of the climbers have been out on the ropes and look you can see two of them working hard. they've been climbing on and off for about five hours now and would be of the climbers is actually from our area. eric is a 33-year-old engineer from fairfax with a day job that can give you vertigo just watching him. but his sister says he hasn't always been a daredevil climber. >> i
now where some federal help for folks hit by hurricane irene is on the way. president obama has signed a disaster declaration that will funnel federal dollars to the district and other local governments. money to help businesses and homeowners repair or replace what irene carried away or tore down during last month's storm. >>> the 207 to bottom inspection of our washington monument. a team of two men and two women were back at it again today using ropes and harnesses outside of the...
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this is a make up that hurricane irene impacted. >>> hey, they are playing tennis as well, they finally got a couple matches in. so he moved the match just a little bit, but he blew him off the court. and then he gave the crowd some love. >>> finally tonight, alex ovechkin spotted in new york for the versace fashion week. look at the washington he's got. that's worth about $238,000. >> wow. >> with taxes it's about $400,000. >> that's all we have time for. have a good night. >> good night.
this is a make up that hurricane irene impacted. >>> hey, they are playing tennis as well, they finally got a couple matches in. so he moved the match just a little bit, but he blew him off the court. and then he gave the crowd some love. >>> finally tonight, alex ovechkin spotted in new york for the versace fashion week. look at the washington he's got. that's worth about $238,000. >> wow. >> with taxes it's about $400,000. >> that's all we have time for....
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we'll talk about irene. tracking further east now and that means it's going to be closer to the immediate metro area. we'll come back and talk about irene and we'll tell you what that means to our ocean resorts. pardon me? that means our ocean resorts and the dedication of the martin luther king memorial at 11:00 a.m. on sunday. back to you. >> how do local governments prepare for something like this? >> joining us now is adrian miller at the center for health and homeland security. it did seem like today when all of this happened, there was a lot of quick and calm evacuation downtown. what do governments do to help people be ready? >> well, that's a great question. we at the center for health and homeland security stress all hazards preparedness. that's a montra that comes from fema. regardless of the emergency, be it like an earthquake or a fire or a hurricane or terrorist event, governments have plans that are flexible enough to be useful in any type of crisis. we at the center help local governments in d
we'll talk about irene. tracking further east now and that means it's going to be closer to the immediate metro area. we'll come back and talk about irene and we'll tell you what that means to our ocean resorts. pardon me? that means our ocean resorts and the dedication of the martin luther king memorial at 11:00 a.m. on sunday. back to you. >> how do local governments prepare for something like this? >> joining us now is adrian miller at the center for health and homeland security....
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. >>> they are calling on a good luck charm to increase their chances, irene poland will represent the team tomorrow. many believe it was an obvious choice to have her go. >>> finally tonight, my grandmother always said. don't be in such a rush bret. and i think the same advise could apply to kent boyer who left with the jack still attached. boyer finished 17th. there are a lot of jack jokes that you can make there. i will refrain from all of them because i like to keep it classy. >> you like to keep it classy, thank you for that. >> we still have drizzle light showers, periods of sprinkle. we see the steady rain . through tomorrow, we see redevelopment but more steady, more moderate rain showers. once we get through tomorrow morning i know it's going to be a little bugger for the morning rush. but after that it's just going to be a sprinkle. a drop here and there. thursday and friday we round out the week in perfect fashion. then something about the weekend. >> you have a whole week to deal with that. that's it for us. stay tuned for the cbs evening news. coming up next, derrick is ba
. >>> they are calling on a good luck charm to increase their chances, irene poland will represent the team tomorrow. many believe it was an obvious choice to have her go. >>> finally tonight, my grandmother always said. don't be in such a rush bret. and i think the same advise could apply to kent boyer who left with the jack still attached. boyer finished 17th. there are a lot of jack jokes that you can make there. i will refrain from all of them because i like to keep it...
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. >>> check out this picture from nasa of all the mud in the chesapeake bay after flooding from irene and lee. the tropical systems sent all kinds of debris into the estuary. when crews opened the floodgates, all the water swept away hundreds of crab pots. now the water men say between the mud hitting the crabs and their pots being carried away, their season is just about done. >>> topper, what is on your face? >> national pirates day. >> oh wow, that is a look. >> did you create this day? >> talk like a pirate day. >> can you do it? >> >> reporter: i can't. this thing is kind after knowing, quite frankly. we had a lot of clouds today. good news bad news. good news, temperatures are going up. bad news, keep your umbrella handy. >> are you going to stumble over there? >> we are going to laugh. >>> >> reporter: temperatures right now, the temperatures primarily in the upper 60s. we managed to make it to 70 today. the average high is actually 79. 65 right now, 66 in arlington. 70 in college park. i may have covered my other one, i'm not sure. 67 in sterling and 68 out in leesburg. satell
. >>> check out this picture from nasa of all the mud in the chesapeake bay after flooding from irene and lee. the tropical systems sent all kinds of debris into the estuary. when crews opened the floodgates, all the water swept away hundreds of crab pots. now the water men say between the mud hitting the crabs and their pots being carried away, their season is just about done. >>> topper, what is on your face? >> national pirates day. >> oh wow, that is a look....
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. >> so just where hurricane irene was headed. that was one of the top searches people did in our area in google this last year. number 9 is the washington post. eight was montgomery college. number 6 something surprising, the mass tranceit system in and around philadelphia. getting into the top five we find d.c. public schools, usa. and maryland's motorcycle investigation. the number-one local thing residents sending out on google this year, ramada which runs metro. >> when you hear about a child being adopted it's a good thing, but usually a baby or todd her. >> a 17-year-old boy now has a new family. >> it's a family that enjoys adopting teens. >> tyler freeman is a typical teenager except for the fact that he just been adopted. >> i hope i'm doing the right thing. >> a minister is his new dad. in january, mrs. bah tia died suddenly. eventually he worked through his own grief and depression and decided what he must do. >> my wife left a legacy behind. the legacy she left behind was i want him to be in the family. want him to be
. >> so just where hurricane irene was headed. that was one of the top searches people did in our area in google this last year. number 9 is the washington post. eight was montgomery college. number 6 something surprising, the mass tranceit system in and around philadelphia. getting into the top five we find d.c. public schools, usa. and maryland's motorcycle investigation. the number-one local thing residents sending out on google this year, ramada which runs metro. >> when you...
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. >> reporter: i'm inside a home that was almost entire destroyed by hurricane irene. but now the family is trying to make the best of it by turning this into the ultimate haunted house just in time for hallowe'en. >> i just happened to mention to my wife wouldn't it be fun if we did some kind of haunted house. >> yes. yes. i want to do this. yes. >> and she just went crazy with it. >> reporter: today their two kids are getting their first look. >> amazing. i don't think i could have done any better myself. >> i think it is awesome. terrifying. it might maybe cause some people to wet their pants. >> i hope we have a long line. it is the only time i hope. >>> getting the perfect weather for a marathon can be the luck of the draw and runners planning to line their way sunday for 36th annual marine corps marathon. lindsey mastis talked about contingency plans. >> reporter: last year the weather was perfect for the marathon. this year there might be snow on the ground. but it is not expected to keep run, away. >> marines do not cancel. >> reporter: if it snows -- >> might
. >> reporter: i'm inside a home that was almost entire destroyed by hurricane irene. but now the family is trying to make the best of it by turning this into the ultimate haunted house just in time for hallowe'en. >> i just happened to mention to my wife wouldn't it be fun if we did some kind of haunted house. >> yes. yes. i want to do this. yes. >> and she just went crazy with it. >> reporter: today their two kids are getting their first look. >> amazing. i...
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hurricane irene, plus massive storms last summer, residents here in the huntington area have dealt with three major floods. >> reporter: you know derek, folks here on arlington terrace were warned earlier today to clear out their basements for any possible flooding tonight. but considering that they are still drying out from the last flood, those basements are pet -- those basements are still pretty empty. >> reporter: so this guy has left his basement unfinished since the last flood. still he is in better shape than many of the other neighbor hads whose valuables were floating in several feet of water. >> i had a flood coming down this way. >> reporter: now just as he is beginning to get back up and running again. >> now what? [ laughter ] however, i'm told that it is not that much all at once. >> reporter: 182 homes suffered flooding from earlier this month and back in 2006. >> the frustration last go around was when there were hundreds of billions of dollars of stimulus money and bailout money, they couldn't find $20 million to start a project. >> reporter: and after one man, the nov
hurricane irene, plus massive storms last summer, residents here in the huntington area have dealt with three major floods. >> reporter: you know derek, folks here on arlington terrace were warned earlier today to clear out their basements for any possible flooding tonight. but considering that they are still drying out from the last flood, those basements are pet -- those basements are still pretty empty. >> reporter: so this guy has left his basement unfinished since the last...
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they have lost their most revered member of the fran franchise -- franchise with his wife irene. during his illness, he fought with the determination and that will remain an inspiration to all to extend our deepest sympathy to them who were very devoted. and to the entire family. and of course tonight was suppose to be a very different story line for them at the verizon center that is suppose to mark the washington, d.c. native and the long-time wizard coach who is now the coach of the philadelphia 76ers. but instead, he's among those that were mourning the loss of mr. pollin, his former boss, and the man he credits and the others credit the revitalization of this section of washington, d.c. those who remembered china town before the arrival of the verizon center. they don't want to spend that evening now as the destination part of the city and to credit them. >> washington, d.c., this whole downtown area. they were a catalyst. and the building was a part of it. but his vision and the work he put in, the contributions to charity and to the different sections of the city meant a w
they have lost their most revered member of the fran franchise -- franchise with his wife irene. during his illness, he fought with the determination and that will remain an inspiration to all to extend our deepest sympathy to them who were very devoted. and to the entire family. and of course tonight was suppose to be a very different story line for them at the verizon center that is suppose to mark the washington, d.c. native and the long-time wizard coach who is now the coach of the...
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about to the country, but the reason the bedroom is such a wreck is it was destroyed during hurricane irene. our lindsey mastis went to lustby to share their story. >> joe and his family are lucky to be alive after this tree crashed through the bedroom of his house. >> we would normally be sleeping there. >> that night, his wife insisted the family stay downstairs. when the tree came down -- >> we heard a really loud crash and the whole house shook. >> this tree that fell in his backyard was the tallest one here. you can tell by the roots just how massive this tree is. the roots are 14 feet wide and the tree itself was nearly 80 feet tall. >> children since counted the rings on the tree and they count about 400 rings. >> there's a lot of work to do and they have some help. he won a national contest on facebook sponsored by angie's list. it's called, is your bedroom a nightmare? the prize is $5,000. >> five children, three of them very young. our bedroom is a center point of the family. we definitely need a safe bedroom. >> he had to rent a house in the meantime and there's a possibility he'
about to the country, but the reason the bedroom is such a wreck is it was destroyed during hurricane irene. our lindsey mastis went to lustby to share their story. >> joe and his family are lucky to be alive after this tree crashed through the bedroom of his house. >> we would normally be sleeping there. >> that night, his wife insisted the family stay downstairs. when the tree came down -- >> we heard a really loud crash and the whole house shook. >> this tree...
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it left more damage than hurricanes isabel or irani and left customers without power in -- or irene and left customers without power in 10 states. >> reporter: rate payers were unimpressed and pepco was further embarrassed today when regional administrator thomas graham flubbed twice. >> it's not reasonable for a person to be upset at all when they are without power for a week. >> what? >> reporter: graham who clearly misspoke ended up asking county council members for a mulligan, the golf term for a do-over. he was granted one, but that's about the only slack that pepco got cut today. scott broom, 9 news now. >> now you're about to see a confrontation caught on tape as 9 want to know and tries to get some answers. here's investigative reporter russ ptacek with the maryland official who okayed that order allowing pepco and bge to bill you even while your power is out the first day. >> reporter: are you going to change this? >> we will be glad to look at it. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> we'll be glad to look at it. >> reporter: but you won't commit? >> i can't possibly commi
it left more damage than hurricanes isabel or irani and left customers without power in -- or irene and left customers without power in 10 states. >> reporter: rate payers were unimpressed and pepco was further embarrassed today when regional administrator thomas graham flubbed twice. >> it's not reasonable for a person to be upset at all when they are without power for a week. >> what? >> reporter: graham who clearly misspoke ended up asking county council members for a...
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that covers everything from wildfires out west to our recent bouts with hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. the two exceptions this year? michigan and south carolina. >>> and we can't escape the storms around our parts tonight. top? >> no, some good news though. frederick county now is cleared of the severe thunderstorm warning as is loudoun county. that said the storms are still to your west. a storm that's actually going to enter frederick county shortly. it's crossing the river right now right around harpers ferry. this has hail right in here to the north of 67 and to the north of harpers ferry. it's going to head between brunswick and jefferson in the next half an hour. it is moving to the east at about 14 miles per hour. so that is the severe storm. my hunch is they will have to put a severe thunderstorm warning back in seat for loudoun or for frederick county depending on where this tracks. due east, it will be back into frederick county and maryland. we'll zoom back it a little bit and we find other showers and storms that are heavy and pounded, i mean pounded along i- 81
that covers everything from wildfires out west to our recent bouts with hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. the two exceptions this year? michigan and south carolina. >>> and we can't escape the storms around our parts tonight. top? >> no, some good news though. frederick county now is cleared of the severe thunderstorm warning as is loudoun county. that said the storms are still to your west. a storm that's actually going to enter frederick county shortly. it's crossing the...
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coming up tonight at 7:00, thousands of people in maryland lost power when hurricane irene hit way back in august and pepco spent tens and millions of dollars getting their lights back on. but now, utility wants those same customers to help foot the bill. we'll tell you what the company has in mind on 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll see you then, derek. still ahead, the last american air force troops make their way home from iraq and we are there for their first stop at dwi. topper. >> well, if you thought it was mild today, you are correct. let's take you out with the numbers. officially 57 and 45 at national. our average high is 45. average low is 30. record 66 and 2. we'll come back. we'll talk about if milder air is going to roll in here tomorrow and thursday and when and for how long you'll need your umbrella. >> a big boost for some of the most popular museums in the washington area. >>> melwood and wuas9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> i want to say happy holidays to my father. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways
coming up tonight at 7:00, thousands of people in maryland lost power when hurricane irene hit way back in august and pepco spent tens and millions of dollars getting their lights back on. but now, utility wants those same customers to help foot the bill. we'll tell you what the company has in mind on 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll see you then, derek. still ahead, the last american air force troops make their way home from iraq and we are there for their first stop at dwi. topper. >>...
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. >> reporter: inflamed passions included this prince george's county police captain irene hukkins who hopes to marry her partner in maryland. she sent an e-mail blast saying this type of defensive behavior will not fly in maryland. >> those who practice such things are deserving of death. >> reporter: meanwhile pastor robert anderson has not responded to requests for interviews to explain hi worthy of death comments about back live now late today derek mccoy issued a written statement saying, "any attempt to imply that dr. anderson's reading of scripture was a call to harm gays and lesbians is false and serves as a distraction from the real issues of this campaign." anderson says his group is committed to dignity and respect of all people, but he says marriage should be reserved for one man and one woman and again the video does remain posted on the host church's website. we've got it up on www.wusa9.com as well. reporting live in hanover, maryland, scott broom, 9 news now. >>> people up and down the east coast are tracking hurricane sandy and this video is just in from cuba as reside
. >> reporter: inflamed passions included this prince george's county police captain irene hukkins who hopes to marry her partner in maryland. she sent an e-mail blast saying this type of defensive behavior will not fly in maryland. >> those who practice such things are deserving of death. >> reporter: meanwhile pastor robert anderson has not responded to requests for interviews to explain hi worthy of death comments about back live now late today derek mccoy issued a written...
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because of irene's yellow jacket. with the fourth course record last year, the wizards have a 4th chance, wearing a yellow blazer and got us that number one pick. wall himself will represent the wizards at the lottery in new jersey and he made a special garment request. >> i got to have that yellow jacket. the one she got me last year, so i have to get somebody this year. we know it's not going to happen overnight or one season, but before the career is over. i think we can do if we keep working. >> down a level, georgetown hired one of their own to be an assistant coach. former hoya great. the harrington played for georgetown in the mid 90s. with the rockets, grizzlies, knicks, bulls, and bobcats. today's national game against the pirates was postponed due to clouds. at least it seems that way. the game was scheduled for one. there was nothing but marginal rain, but they were worried about the lightning and called it off. jim will be skipped, limit his innings. they stress he is not injured. tom will pitch against th
because of irene's yellow jacket. with the fourth course record last year, the wizards have a 4th chance, wearing a yellow blazer and got us that number one pick. wall himself will represent the wizards at the lottery in new jersey and he made a special garment request. >> i got to have that yellow jacket. the one she got me last year, so i have to get somebody this year. we know it's not going to happen overnight or one season, but before the career is over. i think we can do if we keep...
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recovery after hurricane irene. the aid will help folks in several counties that were hit hardest including calvert. hartford and st. mary's. lesli? >>> all right, still ahead, it is party time. we're going to take you to today's celebration at the national zoo. up next. [ male announcer ] humble beginnings are true beginnings. they are the purest way to gauge success. maybe the only way to gauge success. but the most powerful thing about humble beginnings is that they are... ♪ ...humbling. show where you're going without forgetting where you're from. ♪ now lease the all-new 2011 chrysler 300 for $339 a month for well-qualified lessees. >>> back now with a look at what's trending at wusa9.com. people are logging on to find out more about the murder of a student at bowie state university. they're also looking at pictures after a car rammed into an apartment building in arlington. and then there's today's birthday celebration at the national zoo. >>> i'm lindsey mastis at the national zoo. the lion cubs are gettin
recovery after hurricane irene. the aid will help folks in several counties that were hit hardest including calvert. hartford and st. mary's. lesli? >>> all right, still ahead, it is party time. we're going to take you to today's celebration at the national zoo. up next. [ male announcer ] humble beginnings are true beginnings. they are the purest way to gauge success. maybe the only way to gauge success. but the most powerful thing about humble beginnings is that they are... ♪...
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we have faced that with irene a little bit and because of the size and projected magnitude, it's questionable about where it's going to be and how big it really will building. >> this particular time we have no plans to evacuate ocean city. we have to make decisions with regard to our resident and visitors. we're certainly be prepared to -- we'll certainly be prepared to do. so. >> reporter: if you have plans to be up in rehoboth in delaware for the sea witch festival which attracts as many as 30,000 people, where he -- rehoboth is not cancelling any of that. live in ocean city, i'm scott broom, 9 news now. >>> officials are closing asoteaque state island and park. vehicles will not be permitted after 7 p.m. the closures will last at least through tuesday as that storm coming in. >>> hurricane sandy having an impact on the race for president already. republican challenger mitt romney canceled an appearance for sunday in virginia beach because of concerns about that storm. sandy is kicking up waves and dumping rain on florida already and while the timing could hardly be worse. >> this is the w
we have faced that with irene a little bit and because of the size and projected magnitude, it's questionable about where it's going to be and how big it really will building. >> this particular time we have no plans to evacuate ocean city. we have to make decisions with regard to our resident and visitors. we're certainly be prepared to -- we'll certainly be prepared to do. so. >> reporter: if you have plans to be up in rehoboth in delaware for the sea witch festival which attracts...
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a good example is what took place last year with hurricane irene. we had so many resources on the property that were already working on reliability work. we needed less than we would previously need. now in this case with 4.3 million customers out of service from the midwest to mid atlantic. every place we would normally go to get resources, they needed their contractors and they kept them. so it did get to be a work force issue. they are coming in now. >> let's talk about customer attitude toward pepco right now. according to business insider.com. you are the most hated business in america right now. people are really upset. you have lost the credibility your customers. what's your long-term plan to reestablish that faith? >> actually, that am all has to do with reliability. we have been working on this plan. over the next five years, we are investing $910 million to improve service. we are starting it see the benefits of that with respect to a 60% drop in the duration of outages and almost a 40% drop in the frequency of outages. now does that have
a good example is what took place last year with hurricane irene. we had so many resources on the property that were already working on reliability work. we needed less than we would previously need. now in this case with 4.3 million customers out of service from the midwest to mid atlantic. every place we would normally go to get resources, they needed their contractors and they kept them. so it did get to be a work force issue. they are coming in now. >> let's talk about customer...
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that was irene. it doesn't take much to cause problems. names? the first few names, alberto, beryl, chris and debby. what is the thinking with the hurricane forecast? here's what one official had to say. >> although this outlook suggests a less active season compared to recent years, the bottom line here toss prepare. as we saw nearly -- here is to prepare. as we saw nearly 20 years ago it, takes just one major landfalling hurricane to make for a bad season. >> he's talking about hurricane andrew in 1992. we only had five or six named storms. only took one to cause big problems. go to our website for our hurricane tracker. download it. it's free. you can track the storms with us and check out the history file. it's pretty cool. it will be on the weather page or homepage on the right side on check this out. go ahead and check it out and download it free. here is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, clouds on the increase as that storm starts to creep up 95, 81 downtown, winds south, southeast at 14, pressure down a little over t
that was irene. it doesn't take much to cause problems. names? the first few names, alberto, beryl, chris and debby. what is the thinking with the hurricane forecast? here's what one official had to say. >> although this outlook suggests a less active season compared to recent years, the bottom line here toss prepare. as we saw nearly -- here is to prepare. as we saw nearly 20 years ago it, takes just one major landfalling hurricane to make for a bad season. >> he's talking about...
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how cute was irene last night. 9sports with coach flip coming up. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> now the redskins now hoe the capitals felt when their name got drug into a drug investigation. the vagueness of the allegations is dragging a cloud of suspicion over the entire roster and the guys are not thrilled with it. this all stems as you probably know from canadian doctor, anthony galia who was arrested in september on the u.s. border allegedly in route to washington to treat an unnamed redskins player with hgh. as the skins held their third, that was the talk of the locker room. >> nobody knows but him and the doctor, and nobody knows which one of them is going to be telling the truth. right now, he is my teammate and we are going to keep going. >> hgh stuff, as players, we try not to worry about it. until we get back, we don't know. >> defensive end, jeremy jarmin raised eyebrows saying, crazy to think one of the biggest faces in the league will be tied to galia. jarmin erased that tweet and said it was simply a misunderstanding, draw your o
how cute was irene last night. 9sports with coach flip coming up. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> now the redskins now hoe the capitals felt when their name got drug into a drug investigation. the vagueness of the allegations is dragging a cloud of suspicion over the entire roster and the guys are not thrilled with it. this all stems as you probably know from canadian doctor, anthony galia who was arrested in september on the u.s. border...
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. >> doug bazarian said the most recent storm with no name did more damage than hurricane irene last fall. >>> we spent much of date crunching numbers and we'll tell you who had the fastest restoration times in our area and who was bringing up the area. investigative reporter russ ptacek spent time a these numbers. >> pepco sent us new numbers which we haven't had a chance to review yet, but according to our analysis based on the news releases over the past few days, pepco did come in last place in our analysis day after day. they just didn't compare as well as the others. as crews fought through trees and debris, pepco didn't provide data for restorations for saturday and sunday, but according to press releases only 60% of customers were restored by monday, 80% restored tuesday and 89% restored wednesday. pepco was consistently in last place in our analysis of restoration completion when compared to potomac edison, dominion, novk and bge. as crews completed restorations novk reported 62% restored the day after the storm and 99% by the 4th , but it serves only 37,000 customers. of th
. >> doug bazarian said the most recent storm with no name did more damage than hurricane irene last fall. >>> we spent much of date crunching numbers and we'll tell you who had the fastest restoration times in our area and who was bringing up the area. investigative reporter russ ptacek spent time a these numbers. >> pepco sent us new numbers which we haven't had a chance to review yet, but according to our analysis based on the news releases over the past few days, pepco...
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the earthquake destabilized three pinnacles which came crashing down in the winds of hurricane irene. they don't expect to find any problems, given what they have seen through binoculars. but up close, kati and emma, armed with cameras, ipod and hammers, are giving it a good once over. >> they are hoping to get the inspection process done in the next couple of weeks and they plan to open the cathedral back up november 12th. i'm peggy fox, reporting live. back to you. >>> thanks peggy. >> they had great work to be all the way up there. >>> not too windy. nice temperature. >>> all right. let's talk about the fall colors. because it is really this weekend is probably the weekend i would recommend to go out skyline drive. we get a lot of e-mails and calls about that. facebook comments. they are pretty much near peak. they are pretty much past peak once you go west of the divide. especially in garrett county up into the laurel mountains in pennsylvania. we have good color around the immediate area. some color south of us into southern maryland. all in all a vibrant fall. keep sending those
the earthquake destabilized three pinnacles which came crashing down in the winds of hurricane irene. they don't expect to find any problems, given what they have seen through binoculars. but up close, kati and emma, armed with cameras, ipod and hammers, are giving it a good once over. >> they are hoping to get the inspection process done in the next couple of weeks and they plan to open the cathedral back up november 12th. i'm peggy fox, reporting live. back to you. >>> thanks...
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appeared to have been badly beaten back or flooded out by the 16 inches of rain brought by hurricane irene and tropical storm lee last september. some scientists have speculated that may mean less bugs in 2012 perhaps. others speculating the warm winter is giving them a head start towards an epic comeback. at university of maryland scott broom, 9 news now. >> oh, topper, you've had your share of escapades with the stinky bugs. >> i remember you actually taking and throwing one at derek and i during an 11:00 newscast. >> is that when i did that? >> yes, you did. >> you know what? the best one was when you ate that stink mug taco back in february of last year. do you remember that? >> you've got to remind me. >> you were eating it. >> in living color. >> you were extolling the virtues of cilantro and sink buggage. >> you did well, my friend. >> both of us decided that you would be the best candidate. >> the worst part of that is that it was cooked like five hours previously. >> it was garlicky. >> it was okay. >> anita was kind of pulling back a bit after like whoa. >> oh, well, nothing as c
appeared to have been badly beaten back or flooded out by the 16 inches of rain brought by hurricane irene and tropical storm lee last september. some scientists have speculated that may mean less bugs in 2012 perhaps. others speculating the warm winter is giving them a head start towards an epic comeback. at university of maryland scott broom, 9 news now. >> oh, topper, you've had your share of escapades with the stinky bugs. >> i remember you actually taking and throwing one at...
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irene friendly of mclean has to walk in the streets because only some people have shoveled their sidewalks. >> when i see someone has kindly shoveled their sidewalks, the next homeowner hasn't, and then i have to backtrack and walk on the street. >> reporter: for those who are unable to shovel themselves, peggy robin of cleared park developed a neighborhood group. >> we put together a list of names of people who will either do it for free if you are elderly or need help or will do it for pay. >> reporter: the list has been in heavy use over the past few days. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> it is kind after double- edged sword, isn't it, really, because you think you should get the sidewalks cleared but it is touch for a lot of people. it is a lot of snow. >> it is tough. if you haven't gotten to it quick enough, it is harder to move. >> and it stopped snowing about 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m., and some jurisdictions want you to do that night. >> it keeps people off the streets, so to speak. we are looking at another clipper tomorrow. it is further north and consequently if there is any light snow it
irene friendly of mclean has to walk in the streets because only some people have shoveled their sidewalks. >> when i see someone has kindly shoveled their sidewalks, the next homeowner hasn't, and then i have to backtrack and walk on the street. >> reporter: for those who are unable to shovel themselves, peggy robin of cleared park developed a neighborhood group. >> we put together a list of names of people who will either do it for free if you are elderly or need help or...